TY  - BOOK
AU  - Persson,Fabian
TI  - Women at the early modern Swedish court: power, risk, and opportunity 
T2  - Gendering the Late Medieval and Early Modern World
SN  - 9789048543533
AV  - HQ1687 .W664 2021
KW  - Women
KW  - Sweden
KW  - History
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - Figure 1: Women at court took part very visibly in public ceremonies, such as the coronation of Queen Hedvig Eleonora. Juriaen Ovens, Coronation of Hedvig Eleonora, c. 1654. Copyright Nationalmuseum (Stockholm); 2; Cover --; Table of Contents --; Genealogical charts --; Dramatis personae --; Note on names --; Acknowledgements --; List of illustrations --; Introduction: Women living with power --; Opportunities --; Growing interest --; Sources and the challenge of invisibility --; Outsiders --; 1. Rituals of royal compassion --; Who and when --; Institutionalisation --; The quality of compassion --; 2. Why be at court? The example of the Königsmarcks --; Insiders --; 3. All the Queen's women --; The creation of the Swedish court in the sixteenth century --; The women in service --; The recruitment process; Pay and perquisites --; Marriage --; The appeal of the court --; 4. Noblewomen crossing borders --; Change over time --; Princely women visiting and residing in Sweden --; Swedish noblewomen in service abroad --; Clean break or gradual erosion? --; From melting pot to enclave --; 5. Servants of power --; Everyday power --; and more --; Maids of Honour as power brokers --; Everyday power --; and high politics --; Power struggles on several levels --; Emerentia Düben --; Juliana Schierberg --; Anna Catharina Bärfelt --; Measures of success --; 6. Left behind --; Reputational damage --; Beata Sophia Horn, trapped at court; Ageing and unmarried --; 7. Filth among the apples: Hierarchy and gender at court --; A Swedish Table of Ranks --; Formal hierarchies --; Royal decisiveness --; Increasing formality --; Marks of status --; Negotiating the hierarchy --; 8. A small circle with wide horizons --; Living under surveillance --; Socialised into a group --; Widening interests and attitudes --; Changes in appearance --; The best school in the world --; 9. Fumbling for power: Being a royal mistress --; A golden age of adultery --; A passing fancy --; An emotional anchor --; A lesser sort of marriage; The extraordinary success of Karin Månsdotter --; Pimped to a king --; The role of a royal mistress --; Royals --; 10. The performance of a lifetime: Being Queen Consort --; Being foreign --; Being sociable --; Being self-assured --; Being a success --; 11. The winding road: Royal marriage negotiations --; A queen's worth --; How to pick a marriage partner --; Successful failures --; 12. The broken mirror: Gender differences in the system of royal apartments --; Mirroring apartments --; Royal apartments outside Stockholm --; Renovations --; A mirror cracked --; In-built gender --; 13. Death and beyond; A Swedish Artemisia manquée --; Commemorating a dynasty --; Dynastic memory --; 14. The court as substitute family --; The Princess, her sister and the need for trust --; A court of her own --; Court rather than family --; A long-lost sister --; The entertaining princess --; 15. Epilogue --; Glossary --; Court positions --; Abbreviations --; Coinage --; The calendar --; Bibliography --; Manuscript sources --; Published sources --; Index --; List of illustrations; 2; b
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